A method for manufacturing a coffee tablet designed for preparing coffee therewith, wherein an amount of coffee starting material is compacted at a particular compressive pressure so that a coffee tablet with a particular hardness is obtained, while the particular hardness at a particular compressive pressure depends on a number of coffee parameters, such as moisture content of the coffee starting material, degree of roast of the coffee starting material and/or pouring volume of the coffee starting material, whose coffee parameter values are selected such that the obtained hardness of the coffee tablet effects disintegration thereof at a desired moment, in a desired manner. The invention further relates to a coffee tablet for preparing coffee manufactured with such a method.
